Combined table and camp-stove support



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L. B. GOLDBERG ET AL.

COMBINED TABLE AND CAMP STOVE SUPPORT Filed May 22. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwuentom Louis B. Goldberg. Nathan Goldber Wh'am Golder @11 Jacob Go kfbery.

Patented Sept. 3, 1925.

PATENT FEQE LOUIS B. GOLDBERG, NATHAN GOLDBERG, WILLIAM GOLDBERG, AND JACOB M. GOLDBERG, OF DENVER COLORADO.

COMBINED TABLE AND CAMP-STOVE SUPPORT.

Application filed. May 22, 1924. Serial No. 715,115.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Louis B. GOLDBERG, NATHAN GOLDBERG, iViLLIAM GOLDBERG, and JAooB M. GOLDBERG, citizens of th United States, residing at- Denver, the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Combined Table andCamp- Stove Supports; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined table and camp stove support.

Owing to the great and ever increasing popularity of camping, especially by automobilists, it has been necessary to devise camping equipment that can be readily transported and which will be of rugged and substantial construction. Camp stoves employing gasoline as fuel have been perfected and are in extensive use. It is, however, very desirable to have a stand or support of some kind for supporting the stove at the proper height above the ground for convenience in cooking. It is also desirable to have a table in close proximity to the stove.

It is the object of this invention to provide a support that can be employed in connection with a camp stove, provided with legs bent in a peculiar manner soas to cooperat with the support for the purpose of holding the stove securely in place.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a stove support that is so constructed that an extension for the support of a table may be attached to one side 01 the stove support. The extension is so constructed that another extension may be added to it and thereby enabling a table to be built of any desired length.

In order better and more clearly to describe our invention, we shall have reference to the accompanying drawings in which the preferred embodiment of our invention is shown, and in which:

Fig 1 is a perspective view of our 1111- proved support showing the stove mounted thereon and showing also one of the table supporting extensions;

2 is a section taken on line 22,

of the stove support legs, this view being taken in the direction of the arrow 4 in Fig. 2; v

Fig. -5 is a view taken along line 55,

Fig. 1, and shows the manner in which the lower end of the diagonal brace is formed;

Fig. 6'is a view showing on side of the support in folded position;

Fig. 7 is a section through the top of one of the legs of the stove supports and shows the manner in which the table support extension is attached thereto; 7

'Fig. 8 is a fragmentary side elevation of the table-supporting extension, showing the use of toggles;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view with parts broken away of a table which is formed in part by our stove support; and

Fig. 10 is a detail showing a supporting member.

Numeral 1 represents the body of the camp stove, 2 represents the cover, and 3 the legs which are pivoted at 4: to the sides of the stove. The ends of the legs are bent into V-shape, the apex being U-shaped, as indicated by numeral 5 in Figs. 2 and 2 The purpose of this peculiar construction will appear as the description proceeds.

The support or stand comprises four legs, indicated as 6 and 6 The legs similarly numbered being identical. The legs are connected near their upper ends by straps 7 8 and 9, 10. Straps 7 and 8 are pivoted at 11, while straps 9 and 10 are pivoted at 12. The outer ends of each pair of straps are pivoted to the legs at 13. Pivotally connected to straps 7 and 8 at points 14:, substantially midway between the pivots 11 and 13, are straps 15 whose upper ends are pivoted together at 16. The lower ends of straps 15 are provided with rivets 17 that are slidable in the slots 18 of the support legs. When the support is to be used, the legs 6 are moved apart into the position shown in Fig. 1. In this position straps 7 8 and 9, 10 are straight and serve as toggles to prevent the legs being moved together. When the stand is to be transported, it is collapsed into the shape shown in Fig. 6-. Secured to the sides of the legs 6 near the" top, are straps 18 that may be held in place by any suitable means such as spot welding. V This forms a triangular opening 2) for the receptionof-the U-shaped portion 5 of the stove legs 3. The function of the U-shaped, portion will now be apparent, as they cooperate with the opening in the upper end of the legs to hold the stove securely in place. The U-shaped ends of the legs 3, therefore, cooperatewith the openings in the support legs to producea desirable result. The camp stoves of the type herein referred to are usually provided with hinged covers 2. Whenthe stove is' in use, the cover must, of course, be held in open position. For the purpose of supporting the cover in open position, we have pro vided two bars 19 which are pivoted at1 3'.

The lower end of these bars is split so as to" provide two' fingers 20 and 21. The part 21 is offset so that one of the bars 15 may be received between the fingers in the manner shown in Fig. 1' in which the" bar'19isshown in operative position; Eachone of the sup port legs are provided near their upper ends with openings 22. for the reception of the" hooked end 23 of the table-supporting bar 24. These bars are pivoted at 25 to the upper ends of legs 26 and 26 that correspond in construction and function with legs 6 and 6 and may, in fact, be indentical with these, although only a single slot 18 is needed. These extensions can be hooked onto the stove support in the manner shown and when "iti's found necessary or desirable, several ex tensions may be connected in series, as iridicated by dotted lines. If it is found necessary or desirable", the bars 24 may be connec'te 'd to the legs 26 and 26? by" means of a toggle composedof links 27 and 28 in} the manner shown in Fig. 8.

Our improved support can also be employed to" support a table top by a very siniple modification; The support is not. modifled in" the least, bra two rods; 29! are pm Vided, each or which has its end po tions- 30 bent at right angles.- The ends 30 are in sertedinto the o enings in the ends of the legs where the U-shaped portions 5 of the stove legs are received when the stove is to be supported. Instead of the extension de scribed above, we may use one consisting of an, angle iron 31 to the ends of which the side members 32 are pivotally attached. The side members have end portions 33 provided with notches N. These ends are inserted into the openings 22. Diagonal braces 34: pivoted to the sides 32 at 35 and have ends 36 of reduced Width which enter openings 37 in the supporting legs. A table top 88 of thin slats or boards properly connected together'is laid on the parallel bars 29 and 32, thereby forming a table.

It isevident that the support shown in Fig. 9' may be readily collapsed and folded into a small package.

In order to prevent the bar 19 from exerting a force tending to collapse the support, we have provided the bar 15 with a notch 191 that provides a shoulder which servesas a" stop for the end of bar 19 (Figs. 1 and 6).-

Having now described our invention, What We claim as new is:

1. A support comprising, in combination,- four legs connected to each other 1n a ree tangular formation, each leg being connected to two other legs by hinged straps whose ends are pivotally connected to the 1e'gs,vsaid straps being adapted to" be extended into straight position for the purpose of properly spacing the legs, and means for holding thelegs' 1n predetermlned angular relation when 

